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GAR COUPLING. No. 275,717. Patsnted Apr. 10,1883.

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UNITED STATES HENRY K. SEBRLNG, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,ASS1GNOR OF ONE-FOURTH PATENT OFFICE.

TO CHARLES W. WAUGHOP, OF ST. LOUIS, MO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,717, dated April 10,1883.

' Application filed December 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, HENRY K. SEBRLNG, of East St. Louis, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oar-Couplings, of

which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a top View, showing the drawheads just before engaging each other. Fig. 2 is a side View, showing the heads in same position. Fig. 3 is a top View, showing the heads engaged, and Fig. 4is a similar view with the pins removed for uncoupling. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the draw-bars, and Fig. 6 is a similar view with the head lowered. Fig. 7 is a top View, showing how a common couplinglink can be used.

My invention relates to an automatic carcoupling.

My invention consists in a peculiar construction pointed out in the claims, as more fully described hereinafter by referring to the drawings, in which- A represents the draw-bars, B the heads, and 0 connecting pins or pintles. When the cars are coupled the heads are held inthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 by means of pins D, passing through holes D in the heads and draw-bars, and when the cars are to be uncoupled either one or both of the pins D are pulled out, allowing the head or heads to assume the position shown in Fig. 4. Before the cars come together for coupling, the pins D are inserted, and, as shown in Fig. l, the heads slip past each other, compressing suitable springs E, and when the heads slip past each other the springs throw the bars back,

engaging the heads, as shown in Fig. 3. I11- uncoupling the cars, the pin or pins (itis only necessary to remove one of them) can be raised either by hand or by means of levers pivoted to the ends of the cars with which the pins would be connected by suitable chains. The ends of the draw-bars have ears A, between which fit the ears B of the heads, (see Figs. 2, 5, and 6,) and the heads may be slightly lowered from the position shown 'in Fig. 5, to that shown in Fig. 6, when desired, by removing the pins D and pintles G, the object of thus changing the heads (or one of them) would be to have them match on cars of diflerent heights.

If desired, common coupling-links may be used, as. shown in Fig. 7, which would enter between the ears ofthedraw-bars, and through which the pins D would pass, and in like manner one of my drawbars could couple with one of common construction.

I claim as my invention 1. A dra-wbar,'A, having upper and lower cars, A, and combined therewith a head, B, having upper, lower, and intermediate ears, B, the upper and lower ears of the head occupying a position either above or beneath the upper and lower ears of the draw-bar, and secured by pins, as set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of draw-bars A, each having upper and lower ears, A, heads B, each having upper, lower, and intermediate ears B, pintles O, and pins D, passing through holes D in the draw-bars and heads, as setforth.

HENRY K. SEBRING.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

